Shloka 2

Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्

Transliteration

kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt

Translation

ஓ தேவர்களே, அவனுடைய சூடாகரணம் மித்ர-வருணரின் புதல்வனான ஒரு பிராமணனால் செய்யப்பட்டது. ஒன்பது வயதில் அவனுடைய விரதபந்தனம் (உபநயனம்)வும் நடைபெற்றது; மேலும் வேதமும் சாஸ்திரமும் கூறும் விதிமுறைகளில் அவன் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றான்.

Word by Word

• kṛtaḥ: was performed
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘done/performed’ (predicate)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; ‘of him’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात)

• cūḍā-karaṇaḥ: the cūḍākaraṇa rite
• cūḍā-karaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cūḍā (प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘tonsure/ceremony of hair-cutting’ (cūḍākaraṇa-saṃskāra)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• vipreṇa: by a brāhmaṇa
• vipreṇa: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; agent/instrument ‘by a brāhmaṇa’

• mitrāvaruṇa-ātmajena: by the son of Mitra and Varuṇa
• mitrāvaruṇa-ātmajena: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक) + varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘by the son of Mitra and Varuṇa’ (i.e., Vasiṣṭha)

• nava-ābdikasya: of the nine-year-old
• nava-ābdikasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + ābdika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘nine-year-old’; genitive dependent on ‘vratabandhanam’

• vrata-bandhanam: the vow-investiture (upanayana)
• vrata-bandhanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘binding to vows’ = upanayana/vratabandha rite

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• vede: in the Veda
• vede: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; domain/field ‘in the Veda’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• śāstre: in the treatises
• śāstre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī, Ekavacana; domain ‘in śāstra’

• vidhi-pāragaḥ: fully versed in ritual rules
• vidhi-pāragaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘one who has gone to the far shore of rules’ = expert in rites; predicate adjective

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्) imperfect/past, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; ‘became/was’

Speakers

• Devadeva (speaker; broader frame not explicit here)

Primary Deities

• Mitra
• Varuṇa

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Saṁskāra (cūḍākaraṇa, upanayana)
• Vedic study
• Brahmacarya discipline
• Royal dharma supported by brāhmaṇic guidance

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even for kings, legitimacy and excellence are grounded in discipline and learning: initiation, vows, and study integrate political power with dharma and restraint.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vaṁśānucarita: the text highlights how dynastic continuity is maintained not only by birth but by sanctioned rites and education, a typical purāṇic concern in lineage narratives.

What is the symbolic significance?

The involvement of a revered brāhmaṇa (identified by epithet as Mitra–Varuṇa’s son) symbolizes the harmonizing of kṣatriya vigor with brāhmaṇic wisdom—social order (varṇa-dharma) as a sacral technology.